Senior Technology Leader - Advanced Therapies

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Job Function:
Enterprise Management
Job Sub Function:
Technology Management
Job Category:
People Leader
All Job Posting Locations:
Beerse, Antwerp, Belgium, Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium, Leiden, Netherlands, Paris, Île-de-France, France, Zug, Switzerland
Job Description:

Johnson & Johnson Technology is recruiting for a Senior Technology Leader, Growth & Partnerships, Advanced Therapies Supply Chain (ATSC).

The Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine (JJIM) Advanced Therapies Supply Chain (ATSC) team is an end-to-end pharmaceutical supply chain dedicated to accelerating new technology platforms and deliver on our pipeline of transformational medicines in cell & gene therapy, radiopharmaceuticals, and new vaccines.

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated individual with deep technical experience and solid understanding of Supply Chain Technologies in this exciting and innovative field of medicine!

As a steward of innovation, you are leading a technical team through design, planning and execution of a sophisticated transactional and data architecture. You will play a key role in defining the future state standard technology template that enables Advanced Therapies to seamlessly interact between internal and external supply chain nodes. You deliver the technical setup for our next cell therapy product in partnership with Contract Manufacturing Organizations (CMOs). You will provide leadership to strategic programs, projects, and governance teams, as well as other critical initiatives as defined by the Advanced Therapies SC team.

Key Responsibilities:

• Technology leadership across the entire product development lifecycle, from conceptualization to launch and beyond. This involves working closely with cross-functional business and technology teams, internal & external.

• Develop a product strategy, incorporating AT industry standard methodologies & lessons to accelerate the therapy launch & scale-up in alignment with SC business goals. You will also need to define product requirements, prioritize features, and ensure that technology products are delivered on time and within budget.

• Maintain relationship with key business partners in Advanced Therapies, including Growth & Partnerships, Vein to Vein, Plan, Procurement, External Quality and Legal business leaders.

• Lead the IT-to-IT engagement with external manufacturing/SC partners

• Leverage / adapt existing capabilities and strategic programs in other technology platforms to accelerate the technology delivery for AT. This will include expanding on existing models and best practices.

• Collaborate with business leads and key Product Lines (Supply Chain Integration, Advanced Analytics, ERP, etc.) to confirm requirements and assign body of work

• Sit on the External Manufacturing Governance for IT in close collaboration with IT Security & Risk Management.

Other key expectations of the role include:

• Help to define the technical onboarding process to enable Cell Therapy External Manufacturing

• Support the development of departmental tools, including dashboards, onboarding tools, information management tools, and communication tools

• Lead program activities, including kickoff meetings, recurring status meetings, executive sponsor meetings, reporting, risk tracking, steering committee meetings, and conflict resolution

• Co-create detailed plans with your team, identifying critical paths and timing while meeting strategic intent and achieving key achievements in the production of Cell Therapies

• Manage resources to achieve program/project results and coordinate project communication

• Ensure problem solving and decision making addressing major risks and issues by identifying, documenting, resolving, communicating, or advancing to senior leadership when appropriate

• Collaborate with key team members and foster diverse and inclusive high-performance teams!

Qualifications

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field, such as engineering, computer science, or business or relevant experience

Experience and Skills:

Required:

• 10+ years of experience in technology product management and/or technical program management

• Experience in technology software integrations and program delivery

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

• Ability to work effectively in a team environment and build strong relationships with stakeholders

• Demonstrated ability to lead and motivate team members

Preferred:

• Experience in Supply Chain technology

• Knowledge of autologous cell therapy manufacturing is highly preferred

• Proven experience with Multi Echelon Supply Chain Business Networks and other end-to-end planning & supply chain integration technologies

• Experience in SAP or comparable ERP technology capabilities strongly preferred

• Experience with data analysis and visualization tools is a plus

Other:

• Language requirements - English - proficiency needed to operate confidently at a senior level in global business.
• Travel percentage 10-25% - mixed regional / international.